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Report: FBI warns of plot to ambush cops on Halloween

Posted: Oct 27 2015 06:12PM CDT

Updated: Oct 28 2015 01:27PM CDT

An anarchist group may be planning to use Halloween as cover for a plan to ambush police in cities across the country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reportedly said in a bulletin to local police departments.

The New York Post reported Monday that the National Liberation Militia has encouraged supporters to create a disturbance to attract law enforcement and then attack them, the paper reported, citing the FBI. The group calls the ambush a "Halloween Revolt."

The paper reported that the NYPD is monitoring the threat. The report of the threat comes at a time of unease between many police departments and the neighborhoods they patrol. The weekend before the threat was reported, Patrick Lynch, the head of the NYPD's union, called for a boycott of Quentin Tarantino's films after the director took part in an anti-police rally in the city's Greenwich Village neighborhood.

The FBI said later on Tuesday, "As part of the continuous dialogue with our law enforcement partners, the FBI routinely shares information about potential threats to better enable law enforcement to protect the communities they serve. We urge the public to remain vigilant and report suspicious activity to law enforcement."